Alfred, Elmira & Ithaca Win at Home; Stevens Wins on the Road

3/22/2014 9:50:04 PM

Alfred 16, Wells 5
The Alfred University women's lacrosse handed visiting Wells College a 16-5 loss, Saturday afternoon at Yunevich Stadium. This non-conference win moves the Lady Saxons to 1-1 on the season.

AU held a comfortable 9-3 lead at halftime and outscored the Express 7-2 in the second half. For the game, Alfred held a 38-14 shot advantage, and picked up 27 ground balls to Wells' 12.

Junior attack Kaitlyn Button (Cazenovia, NY/Cazenovia) and freshman attack Megan Wendt (Grand Island, NY/Grand Island) both combined for eight goals (four each), for Alfred. 

Senior midfielder Ashley White (Islip, NY/Islip) and senior defender Janelle Gallipeau (Rochester, NY/Greece Olympia) posted hat-tricks, scoring three goals apiece, and junior midfielder Sarah Evans (Lafayette, NY/Manlius-Pebble Hill) added a goal. 

White and Button also caused two turnovers each. 

Junior Taylor Tarajos (Rochester, NY/Greece Olympia) went the distance in net for AU, making six saves.


Ithaca 9, St. John Fisher 7
The Ithaca College women's lacrosse team (2-4, 1-0 Empire 8) rewrote an early four-goal deficit to outlast 11th-ranked and previously undefeated St. John Fisher (5-1, 0-1 Empire 8), 9-7, Saturday afternoon at Higgins Stadium. Ithaca trailed 5-1 15 minutes into the game, but held the Cardinals to two goals and scored eight of its own to claim the win in the Empire 8 opener.

Trailing 4-0, sophomore Ally Runyon netted a free-position goal at 16:36 to put Ithaca on the board. The Cardinals struck again at the 15-minute mark, but junior Molly Fischer and sophomore Riley Marion went unassisted before Fischer tallied on a free-position shot at 6:49 pulling the Bombers within one. St. John Fisher recorded the final goal of the first half to again pull ahead by two, 6-4.

Junior Delaney Gilson found Marion for a Bomber goal 1:15 into the second, but the Cardinals answered with a goal at 21:30 for a 7-5 gap. It was St. John Fisher's last score of the contest. Fischer was perfect in free-position attempts on the day, netting her second before senior Becky Guzzo scored the equalizer on a Marion feed 10 seconds later. The Bombers continued to dominate. Junior Niki Standera scored the game-winner on a free-position shot at 17:35. Runyon finalized all scoring at 16:16.

Junior Laura Scalzi, seniors Jenna Marchinetti and Anya Eckhardt and Runyon accounted for five caused turnovers in the final 15 minutes of play to help seal the victory. The win was Ithaca's first over a ranked opponent this season.

Rookie Emily Ross had a standout performance in goal for the Bombers stopping a season-best 14 shots. The Bombers shut down Fisher's free-position efforts. The Cardinals were 0-7 in free-position attempts, while Ithaca made good on 4-of-5 attempts.

St. John Fisher outshot Ithaca 27-17, won the draw count 11-7 and held a 13-10 edge in ground balls. The Bombers committed 15 turnovers to the Cardinals' nine.


Elmira 15, Houghton 8
The Elmira College women's lacrosse team (3-3) had seven players get into the scoring column as the Soaring Eagles cruised to a 15-8 victory over Houghton College (2-4). Ashton Hogan '15 had five of EC's 15 goals, giving her nine total in her last two games.

Elmira had no issues scoring in the first half as the Purple and Gold would put nine goals on the scoreboard in the first 30 minutes of play. Rebecca Matturo'14 got things started six minutes into the game with her sixth goal of the season. Houghton tied the game at one a few minutes later, but back-to-back goals from Hogan ignited a 5-0 EC run to put the Soaring Eagles on top 6-1.

The Highlanders would score two goals, separated by just 34 seconds, to make it a three-goal game, but that would be as close as Houghton would get as the Soaring Eagle offense recaptured their scoring touch down the stretch. Hogan would net her third and fourth goals of the half, which bookended a Marissa Mongillo '15 goal to put Elmira in front 9-4 after the first half of play.

The Soaring Eagles wasted little time increasing their lead even further as Hogan, Kelsey Quail '17, and Moorea Spoljaric '16 each scored within the first five minutes of the second half to make it a 12-4 game. From there, the Purple and Gold began to slow their pace, focusing more on ball-control and stopping Houghton's attack.

Spoljaric would trade goals with Houghton's Jennifer Zacchigna and Amanda Zacchigna to maintain Elmira's eight-goal lead as the clock ticked below 15 minutes to play. Sami Risi'14 would close out EC's scoring with her third goal of the season. Houghton would net two goals in the final 10 minutes of regulation to bring it to the 15-8 final score.

Joining Hogan with multiple goals on the afternoon were Spoljaric, who had three, Matturo, and Quail, who had two apiece. LeAnna Presler '14 played just over 43 minutes in the net, making seven saves while allowing just six goals in the win. Lindsay Wargo '17 came on in relief, her first appearance this season, and made three saves while allowing the other two goals.

Stevens 14, Hartwick 9
Four players finished with three or more points to lead the Stevens Institute of Technology women's lacrosse team to a 14-9 win at Hartwick College in the Empire 8 opener for each school Saturday.
 
In addition to the widespread scoring, freshman Kathleen Kalbian (Cheshire, Conn.) controlled 11 draws to tie Stevens' single-game record. Kalbian and the Ducks corralled 18 of the 25 draws on the day.
 
With the win, Stevens improves to 3-5 overall and 1-0 in the conference. Hartwick falls to 4-4 overall and 0-1 in the Empire 8.
 
The hosts jumped in front 2-0, but the Ducks were able to put together a solid half and to take a 7-5 lead into the intermission.
 
Junior Caitlyn Hughes (Randolph, N.J.) started the Stevens scoring with a free-position tally 8:35 into the game to get within one, and 40 seconds later, senior Kara Rafferty (Bayshore, N.Y.) recorded the equalizer.
 
Sophomore Erika Wilcox (Baldwinsville, N.Y.) found sophomore Jaimie Mastrogiacomo (Whitehouse Station, N.J.) for a 3-2 Stevens lead less than a minute after the Rafferty marker, but the Hawks scored back-to-back goals to take a 4-3 edge.
 
Rafferty found Hughes with 15:13 to play in the first, knotting the score at four-all, and after Hartwick went on top 5-4, the Ducks closed the opening period with three-straight tallies. Mastrogiacomo found Wilcox for her 23rd score of the year, Rafferty pocketed her 19th on a free-position attempt and freshman Mariel Haubrich (Ocean City, N.J.) put one in unassisted.
 
Stevens' run went to 5-0 by scoring the first two goals of the second half to open a 9-5 cushion, but three-straight Hawk goals trimmed the margin to one (9-8) with a shade over 20 minutes to play. The two Duck goals early in the second were tallied by Wilcox with assists going to Mastrogiacomo and Haubrich.
 
Leading by just one, the Ducks were able to get a couple stops and regained a two-goal margin at 10-8 with a free-position goal from Kalbian. Kalbian notched her second of the game just 37 seconds later to make it 11-8 Ducks with 14:43 remaining.
 
Hartwick was able to get within two after a tally with 8:47 on the clock, but the Ducks answered 41 seconds later when Hughes came through with her third goal of the game. Stevens was able to keep the Hawks off the board the rest of the way, and received goals from Rafferty and freshman Caroline DeLuca (Sayville, N.Y.) for the final score of 14-9.
 
Wilcox finished with three goals and two assists, as did Rafferty. Wilcox added five draw controls, and Rafferty had three ground balls and a pair of caused turnovers. Hughes had a three scores and a ground ball, and Mastrogiacomo tallied once, dished out two assists, picked up two ground balls and caused two turnovers. Kalbian had two goals, a career-high 11 draw controls, two ground balls and a caused turnover, while Haubrich had a goal and an assist. Junior Courtney Lee (Brookeville, Md.) had two ground balls, and junior Gabriela Sanchez (Auburn, N.H.) scooped up a trio of GB's.
 
Freshman Janelle Welkie (Hershey, Pa.) and senior Sarah Prall (Lansdale, Pa.) each played 30 minutes in goal, making a total of four saves.
 
Hartwick was led by three scores each from junior Caroline Stanford (Skaneateles, N.Y.) and sophomore Kia Ference (Schenectady, N.Y.).
 
Stevens ended with a 30-16 edge in shots, and each team committed 19 total turnovers. The Ducks also held a 24-13 margin in shots on goal and held a 19-18 in ground balls.


Rochester 7, Nazareth 6
Host University of Rochester rallied from a four-goal deficit to edge Nazareth, 7-6, Saturday in a non-conference women's lacrosse game at Fauver Stadium.

The Yellowjackets remained unbeaten at 4-0 as they kept the Golden Flyers off the scoreboard for the final 35 minutes of the game. Nazareth dropped to 2-3 overall.

Nazareth used a six-goal first-half flurry to overcome an early 2-0 disadvantage to take a seemingly safe 6-2 lead with 5:30 left in the first half. Rochester's Mara Karpp, however, scored with :40 left in the half and the Yellowjackets scored four more times in the second half to complete the comeback.

Freshman Jamie Martin scored two goals for Nazareth. Senior Amy McIntosh, junior Brooke Sullivan, sophomore Carly Gates and freshman Gabrielle Charles also scored goals.

Martin's first goal of the game, at 19:37 on a free-position shot, triggered Nazareth's six-goal outburst. Goals by Sullivan, Gates, McIntosh and Martin again followed in a six-minute stretch. Then Charles scored her third goal of the season with 5:30 left in the half to make it 6-2 Nazareth.

After Karpp scored for Rochester late in the first half, second-half goals by Danielle Diacovo, Lauren Basil, Jamie Wallisch and Karpp again lifted the Yellowjackets over the top. Nazareth had chances to tie the score again late in the second half, but shots by Brianna Mancini and McIntosh each were saved by UR goalie Marissa Traina. McIntosh had another chance in the closing seconds, but her attempt was saved again by Traina as time expired.

Rochester had a 20-17 edge in shots and a 26-20 advantage in ground balls. Senior Tara Prosak made 11 saves in goal for Nazareth. Prosak's sister, Maire, played the first half in goal for Rochester and made three saves. Traina had six saves in the second half, while holding Nazareth scoreless.